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take a trip to delaware aboard the ferry. no reservation required. it's about 1 hour and 20 min and you are in lewes, delaware. beautiful trip on a lovely day.

last weekend's trip took us to the indian river life-saving station at the delaware seashore state park in rehoboth beach, del.it was built in 1876 by the us life saving services. the 'surfmen' lived here and served during the stormy months of sept. thru april. they rescued ships in distress. tour the building and see where the men slept, ate and stood watch. there are ropes which are intricately coiled ready to be projected out to the ship with a 'lyle' gun. very interesting to see how these brave men lived.

local folklore describes the Assateaque horses as survivors of shipwrecks who swam to shore in virginia and maryland. there are no records to prove this. the truth may be that to escape taxes the local people brought the horses to these barrier islands to avoid taxation and fencing laws.there were no horses running along the shore. they mainly were eating the grass and ignoring the cameras. check out: http://www.nps.gov/asis/naturescience/horses.htm

parsippany, new jersey's hilton hotel hosted the 'lead east' gathering. oldies taking the form of cars, music and people gathered to flash back to the 'good old days'. it was a great success!